Utility stool



July 30, 1940.

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 30, 1940 'f UNITED. STATES PATENT oFFlcEf 2,209,859 UTILITY STOOL Mike Taylor, Kansas City, Mo.

Application February 13,

3 Claims.

I'I'his invention relates to improvements in utility stools, andparticularly to a utility stool having a pair of shears carried thereby and adapted to be operated as the stool seat is' moved to and 4from the operative positio It has been found convenient to have means whereby sanitary pads or other relatively large objects may be severed and disposed in the ordinary toilet without clogging the plumbing connected therewit It is apparent that the shearing means might be positioned directly in the present toliet bowl and operated by the hinged toilet seat, however, since it is desirable to have a convenient, portable stool in the bathroom, a utility stool of this type will be shown and described.

The principal is the provision object of the present invention of a tool having a hinged seat member, a pair of shears carried by the stool with one of its blades secured thereto, and its other blade hingedly carried at its one end by said stool and interconnected at its other end to said hinged seat whereby as the seat is oscillated, the shears will be operated.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a utility stool having a cabinet provided with a hinged seat member, a pair of said said cabinet and associated in such a manner with said hinged seat that they will be operated as the seat is moved to or from the operative position.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a utility stool having a pair of shears operatively mounted therein and having securing means concealed within the cabinet for maintaining the hinged seat member in the closed position.

Other objects of the invention are simplicity, economy of construction, and ease of operation.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a utility stool embodying this invention.`

Fig. 2. is va fragmentary upper portion of the stool, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal inverted view taken on line Ill-III of Fig 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional line IV-IV of Fig. 1, with the tray shown partially removed in dotted lines; and,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view V--V of Fig. 3.

Throughout the several views, like reference characters designate similar parts and the numeral I0 indicates a stool having vertical legs sectional view of the taken on line 11-11 view taken on taken on line 1939, serial No. ,256,111v

l2, a cabinet'portio'n I4 hinged at I8. Y 'Y W Legs I2 are joined together at their lower portion by bars means of cabinet walls 22, 24, 26 and 28.

Walls 22 and 26 are provided with cleats which are spaced apart to form run-way grooves 32. These grooves are adapted to receive the marginal edges of the bottom member 34 of tray 36.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be noted that cabinet wall 28 is cut away so as to provide a space for the front wall 38 of tray 36. This tray is' adapted to be moved from grooves 32 so as to facilitate and a seat member I6 depositing of materials contained thereon into the toilet.

A pair of shears 40 are mounted within the cabinet I4 with one of the blades 42 thereof, extending thereacross and supported at its opposite ends in wall 22 and block 44 carried by Wall 28. This block 44 is removably secured to wall 28 by means of screws 46. By means of this construction, blade 42 may be inserted into wall 22 and block 44, and then block 44 may be moved to position and secured,

The other blade 48 is pivoted at 58 to blade 42 and is provided with tensioning means 52 whereby the tension of the cutting edges may be regulated.

The forward end of blade 48 is connected by pin 54 to link 56, which in turn is connected by pivotal pin 58 mounted in brackets 60 which are secured by means of screws 62 to the bottomside of seat member I6. This link 56 allows for relative movement between the free end of blade 58 and the seat cover as the two are moved to and from the closed position.

When the seat member is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the sanitary pad may be positioned on blade 42 and then by moving the seat member to the closed position, the shears will operate to sever said pad. When so severed, it will drop' on bottom member 34 of the tray which can be removed to convey said pad to the toilet.

The following provision is made to avoid accidental raising of seat member I6 and also to prevent small children from tampering with the cutter blades. n

A latch member 64 hinged intermediate its ends at 66 to a bracket 68 mounted on the inside of wall 28, has an offset portion 10 which is adapted to engage the keeper plate 12 secured by screws 14 to the underside of seat member I6. A tension spring 16 mounted in recess 18 formed in wall 28, rests against the lower end of latch member 64, thus urging the upper end thereof to the securing 20 and at their upper extremities by Having thus described the invention, what isv claimed as new Letters Patent is: o 20 1. The combination with a stoolI having a hinged seat member, of a pair offshears having one of its blades rigidly secured to said stool and and desired to be secured byA 

